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Inuit Art: Sculpture & Graphics

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LOT 13

Lot 13

Kiugak (Kiawak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)

Kiugak (Kiawak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
Lot 13 Details
Kiugak (Kiawak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014), Kinngait (Cape Dorset)

DANCING WALRUS, CA. 1963

stone, ivory
unsigned; inscribed "5-25"
10.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 in — 26.7 x 19.1 x 19.1 cm

Estimate $2,000-$4,000

Realised: $2,750
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Kiugak (Kiawak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
  • Kiugak (Kiawak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
  • Kiugak (Kiawak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
  • Kiugak (Kiawak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
  • Kiugak (Kiawak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
Provenance:

The Snow Goose Gallery, Ottawa, ON, 1974
Private Collection, Charlottesville, VA

Exhibited:

Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1994

Note:

Accompanied by scans of the original invoice from The Snow Goose Gallery, and of a Canadian Arctic Producers Limited declaration, both dated 1975.

Related Works:
Waddington’s Auctioneers, Toronto, ON, 9 Dec 2021, lot 174. https://www.waddingtons.ca/auction/inuit-art-dec-09-2021/gallery/lot/174/

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